I'm looking forward to this, too, even though I have only just scratched the surface of the shows listed. I actually just ordered Friday Night Lights season one yesterday though. Looking forward to that because of the involvement of Jason Katims, since Parenthood is my favourite show on network tv right now...

Ooh, I have to have this. I love Sepinwall; he is my TV critic like Ebert is my movie critic- the one that just seems to be in harmony with what I like. And his ongoing reviews of "In Treatment," when it was on, were incredibly perceptive.

Just want to echo my love for Sepinwall. My understanding from other critics is that he played a HUGE role in ushering in the modern era of TV criticism, with episodic reviews and serious analysis, so it's only fitting that he should write a detailed book about the era of TV that facilitated such criticism.

That said, I would love to read some serious commentary and analysis on past decades of TV, particularly the comedies of the 70s and the dramas of the 80s. There's some fascinating stuff in there--some of which has been covered by "classic" reviews online, or histories like the recent Top of the Rock--but the emphasis on the current (and admittedly, very real) golden age of drama has left past eras unfortunately shunned, I feel. I guess if I care so much, though, maybe I should just go write the damn book.

Sepinwall has become my go-to critic for ideas of shows I haven't yet watched but should.

Because of him (and some of my friends), I gave Chuck a go, which is probably my favourite show outside of Whedon shows.

Because of Sepinwall, I've also watched Awake (awesome!), Homeland Season 1 (very good) and begun Mad Men (not sure yet, definitely different)... And I am thinking of starting Breaking Bad, Parks and Recreation and Friday Night Lights soon, and The Sopranos and The Wire at some point.

I actively seek out his reviews of shows I'm watching, even though it can be a bit of a pain navigating either of his sites to read reviews of shows that have already aired. I don't always agree with him, but I nearly always find his comments insightful, thought provoking and entertaining.

I've also started re-watching Buffy Season 1 so I could listen to his and Fienberg podcasts about it.

So yeah, bit of a Sepinwall fan. Very much looking forward to reading the relevant chapters of this book of shows I've seen. (and it will probably encourage me to watch some of those I haven't).

Oh and for those interested, a comment from Sepinwall with respect to the Buffy Chapter and whether there was a Joss interview:

Joss is, unfortunately, one of a couple of creator/showrunner types who wasn't available to be interviewed for the book. That chapter has a few archival quotes from Joss (by me and from other sources), but a lot of that story is told by David Greenwalt, Jane Espenson, WB executives, etc.